Allan J. Baker

TL;DR: This first nuclear genome assembly for moa covers approximately 75% of the 1.2 Gb emu reference with sequence contiguity sufficient to identify more than 85% of bird universal single-copy orthologs and shows that the wingless moa phenotype is likely not attributable to gene loss or pseudogenization among this candidate set.

TL;DR: The discovery of five variable sites in 11 knots towards the 3' end of the control region, and the variability of this region in contrast to the more conserved central domain in the alignment between knots and other Charadriiformes, highlights the importance of this area as a source of variation for future studies in knot and other birds.

TL;DR: It was found that deeper bodied fish from one population of northern redbelly dace were significantly more adept at capturing evasive prey than were relatively shallow-bodied fish from another population.

TL;DR: Evidence of mitochondrial rate heterogeneity in birds as in other vertebrates is found, likely due to differences in mutational pressure across the genome, and strong support for the nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution is observed.

TL;DR: Based on reciprocal monophyly of lineages and their morphological distinctiveness, it is recommended that three phylogenetic species should be recognized, C. pusilla in the Chatham Islands,C.